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I would like to put our officials under cameras 24/7 with the footage publicly available complete with the means to put them on trial and lock them up. When we'
by throwaway14356 2y ago
I would like to put our officials under cameras 24/7 with the footage publicly available complete with the means to put them on trial and lock them up. When we've accomplished that im fine with monitoring everything always forever. But no sooner.
- kingkawn 2y agoWhy should public service be even more inhumane ?
- morkalork 2y agoWhat's good for the goose is good for the gander, no? Besides, stealing a random item from a super market shelf is much less damage than what a corrupt politician could do. Perhaps we should prioritize them instead..
- philipov 2y agoPeople who want power are the ones who can be trusted the least to have it.
- kingkawn 2y agoMaybe the people who run for office are so bad because only someone who can accept constant abuse from the public can stand it. Maybe this attitude is the problem.
- philipov 2y agoNo, the problem is that those who don't play ball with their political machine's interests are shut out from opportunities to advance. Tammany Hall is a famous historical example that goes back much farther than the public has had as strong a voice as it does today, and though the faces have changed this is still how things get done. The game is rigged at the level of who gets to stand for election, particularly in safe-seat districts that get decided in the primary. Very few people are able to get elected without help from their local political machine getting out the vote - enough to provide plausible deniability, but not enough to create an effective opposition. Remember the monopsony of Sheldon Silver? He used his position to control which politicians would receive contributions for their campaigns, creating a network of people dependent on him for political survival. It's that kind of power broking that's the problem. The clear and present danger of entrenched power is why politicians must not be allowed a shred of privacy.
- hyperhopper 2y agoWhen you talk about a post office clerk or military draftee, that's when you can use this public service argument. He is talking about the ruling class with power over all of us, so they should have more oversight than any normal person.
- kingkawn 2y agoWe are making it impossible for anyone but sociopaths to run for office by believing that abusing them is the key to getting them to behave well. This attitude is as responsible for our state of affairs as everything else.
- throwaway14356 2y agoIt is not abuse, it is protection. You can pressure, bribe or blackmail people and force them to do things for you. If it is not possible to do what is asked there is also no need to ask. There is no need to take the job if there is not enough room to enrich yourself. Like there is no need to rob a store if the clerk cant open the vault.
- from-nibly 2y agoBecause they are being paid by public money.
- kingkawn 2y agoAhh so you believe in wage slavery.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoWhen you can give half your waking life to a billion dollar corporation and not even have the privilege of being able to pay for a roof over your head; yes.
- froh 2y agoI would rather like to put people prone to stealing from all (tax fraudsters) under cameras 24/7 with the footage publicly available complete with the means to put them on trial and lock them up. we can limit it to those where the amount of individual stealing is relevant. not the long tail but the fat creamers.